Doug Farr
Douglas Lynn Farr is an American architect and urban planner. Farr was born in Detroit, Michigan and received his undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and his master's from Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Farr is Vice Chair of the board for the Congress for the New Urbanism, a member of the LEED Steering Committee and was the inaugural chair of the LEED for Neighborhood Development committee.
Doug Farr
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- Born
- 1957 · Detroit.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- architect · urban planner
- Education
- University of Michigan · Columbia Graduate School of Architecture and Planning and Preservation
- Languages
- English
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Douglas Lynn Farr is an American architect and urban planner. Farr was born in Detroit, Michigan and received his undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and his master's from Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Farr is Vice Chair of the board for the Congress for the New Urbanism, a member of the LEED Steering Committee and was the inaugural chair of the LEED for Neighborhood Development committee.
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He is the founder of the 2030 Communities Campaign that seeks to reduce vehicle miles traveled. In 2007 he authored Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature.
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1957
Doug Farr born at Detroit.
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- Farr, Douglas (2007). Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature. Hoboken: Wiley.
- Chicago MagazineRodkin, Dennis. "The Stalwart."Chicago Magazine April 2008: 93. Tribune Company.
- Concrete Thinker.
- Zwaniecki, Andrzej. "Sustainable Urbanism Responds to Market Needs." U.S. Department of State. May 21, 2008.
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Doug Farr is recorded as having studied at University of Michigan and Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
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